Imran Khan says PTI to start revolution from Bahawalpur rally

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said that the revolution will begin from his party’s rally in Bahawalpur.

Speaking to media on Friday, he said that the PTI will start much needed revolution from the rally.

According to reports, PTI workers were thronging the venue of Jalsa in Bahawalpur district.

Pakistan juniors make winning start at Asian snooker

MOHALI: Pakistan beat India in their opening match of the Asian Junior Snooker Championship in Mohali.

Pakistan’s Mohammad Majid Ali beat India’s Nikhil Sehgal 4-0.

In another match Pakistan’s Harris Nadeem beat Hong Kong’s Ming Wing Wa 4-3.

Aussies make successful start to World Cup title defense

HAGUE: Title defenders Australia have started their hockey World Cup campaign in the Netherlands with a 4-0 win over Malaysia in the opening match on Saturday.

Playing in The Hague, Glenn Turner put the Kookaburras ahead in the 25th minute before three goals in a four-minute spell in the second.

Eddie Ockenden doubled the lead on 50 minutes and Jamie Dwyer put his name on the score sheet a couple of minutes later.

Turner added his second goal when converting a penalty corner to extend the lead to 4-0.

Later on Saturday, Belgium will take on India with England playing Spain in the men's competition.

China to start work on economic corridor shortly, says Li

BOAO: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said China was ready to start the work on long-term plan of building a bilateral economic corridor by the end of this year.

In a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference, Li said the two countries had agreed to build the corridor with bilateral practical cooperation.

He called for forging a “China-Pakistan community of Shared Destiny”, the Xinhua news agency reported. The corridor connecting Kashgar in China to the southwestern Pakistani port of Gwadar was proposed in an agreement between the two countries reached during Li’s visit to Pakistan in May 2013.

China would work with Pakistan to provide financial support for the construction of the corridor, he said. China would also like to enhance cooperation with terrorism, Li said, and hoped Pakistan would provide security for Chinese organisations and workers.

Prime Minister Nawaz said Pakistan would focus on promoting the corridor’s construction and would spare no effort to safeguard Chinese people and organisations. The prime minister said Pakistan was ready to further strategic cooperation to China and noted the relationship with China was the “cornerstone” of Pakistan’s diplomacy and the two countries were long-tested friends.Pakistan would make concerted efforts with China to fully implement cooperative deals between the two sides, he said.

No extension in ceasefire, war to start again: TTP commander

ISLAMABAD: The proscribed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander in Mohmand Agency, Khalid Omar Khorasani Wednesday said the TTP has not announced an extension in the ceasefire and that the war will start again.

In a statement, Khalid Khorasani claimed that the government had breached its promise during the period of ceasefire and held the state, military and political parties responsible for ‘the losses suffered’.

He said all the influential sections of the society are in favor of the persistence of war.

On Pakistan cricket team’s recent defeat against West Indies in World Twenty20, he said ‘Allah has always let this nation cry without a break’

Box office collection: Sonam Kapoor’s Bewakoofiyaan has a dull start coz of Kangana Ranaut’s Queen

Last Friday Sonam and Ayushmann’s romcom Bewakoofiyaan hit the theatres. While Nupur Asthana’s directorial venture should have got a good opening weekend, the film failed to get cash registers ringing despite a long weekend coz of Holi

Director Nupur Asthana’s romantic comedy Bewakoofiyaan starring Sonam Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana and Rishi Kapoor in the lead has failed at the box office miserably. The film managed to rake in a little above Rs 2 crore on its first day. Ideally Bewakoofiyaan should have got a great start considering the weekend got extended till Monday due to Holi. However, Sonam-Ayushmann starrer kicked off on a slow note and things remained pretty much the same over the weekend as well. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, “Bewakoofiyaan Fri 2.23 cr, Sat 2.51 cr. Total – 4.74 cr nett.India biz.” On the other hand, Kangana Ranaut’s Queen fared well even in its second weekend. Vikas Bahl’s chick flick has certainly created hungama the box office. “Queen [Wknd 2] Fri 2.15 cr, Sat 3.75 cr, Sun 4.75 cr. Grand total - 29.50 cr nett… Wknd 2 better than Wknd 1… India biz… SUPERB,” posted Adarsh.

According to Boxofficeindia, “Bewakoofiyaan had a poor weekend grossing around Rs 6.75 crore nett over its first weekend. The film started on a low note and the growth was limited over the weekend. The collections are better than Total Siyapaa but that film was almost a total washout.

As for Kangy’s film, “Queen continued its fantastic run on its second Monday as it collected around 2.75-3 crore nett due to a holiday for Holi on Monday. Queen has chances to hit the 50 crore nett mark and is likely to emerge the first outright hit of the year,” reported Boxofficeindia.

Going by the figures, it’s clear that Kangana’s Queen is way ahead of Sonam’s Bewakoofiyaan in the numbers game. If Vikas Bahl’s latest outing continues to do well at the ticket windows then we won’t be surprised if Queen soon enters the Rs 100 crore club. In fact, it should, hai na? But the box office collection of Queen could get affected as four films will hit the screens this week – Sunny Leone’s Ragini MMS 2, Mahie Gill-Sharman Joshi-Meera Chopra starrer Gang of Ghosts, Ankhon Dekhi and Lakshmi.

Or who knows it could be the other way round coz Kangana’s flick has indeed impressed everyone – from critics to audience to Bollywood bigwigs and is steadily climbing up the money ladder.

Highway’ picks up at box office after a slow start

According to Indian media reports Imtiaz Ali’s latest film ‘Highway’ has raked in over 13 crores in its opening weekend at the domestic box office. The film started on a slow note but with positive word of mouth all around, it picked up its pace over the weekend. It earned 3.42 crores on Friday, 4.80 crores on Saturday and 5.75 crores on Sunday, showing a steady rise.

Bollywood celebs and critics heap praise on Alia Bhatt

According to Indian media reports Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt has been roundly praised by Indian celebrities and critics alike for her performance in Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Highway’. Renowned Indian film critic Taran Ardarsh of Bollywood Hungama said: “The show belongs to Alia Bhatt, who takes giant strides in her very second film”Mihir Fadnavis of Firstpost said: “Alia Bhatt is a major acting talent. “Srijana Mitra Das of The Times of India said: "Highway belongs unabashedly to ...

Mobile Companies to Start Trial 3G Services Just in Days

Telecom operators in Pakistan are going to commence trial 3G services in Pakistan with-in few days, confirmed us a source who had information about the development.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had announced that mobile operators in Pakistan will be granted free trial license for 3G so they may test and fine tune their services before the license auction.
After the announcement, operators had requested PTA for NOC for commencing the trial services. PTA in response had asked FAB to allocate the required spectrum to cellular companies so they may start offering trial 3G services. FAB has now all the necessary approvals from cabinet division and mobile phone companies are set to launch trial 3G services.
It merits mentioning here that such testing of 3G services are for trial and non-commercial basis, i.e. operators will not offer high-speed 3G broadband services to customers. Instead they will internally hard test the infrastructure and equipment to get prepared the proper launch after the auction that is planned in April 2014.
It maybe recalled that government has announced the auction of three 3G and two 4G licenses in April. IM for the auction is expected today or tomorrow at most, which will reveal an exact date of the auction.
Masses will able to enjoy 3G (and probably 4G too) with-in two weeks after the license auction in April.